Kliment Boyadzhiev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kliment Boyadzhiev

Bulgarian general

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1861

Place of Birth: Ohrid, Southwestern Statistical Region, North Macedonia

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1932

Profession: military personnel, politician, military officer

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Kliment Boyadzhiev (Bulgarian: ??????? ????????; 15 April 1861 – 15 July 1933) was a Bulgarian general during the Balkan Wars and First World War. Born in Ohrid, he studied in an elementary school there.
After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, he emigrated to Sofia.
In 1883, he graduated from the Military School in Sofia and in 1895 graduated from the Military Academy in Torino, Italy with excellent marks. During the successful Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, he was an aide-de-camp in the Western Corps quarters.
He distinguished himself in the Battle of Lule Burgas during the First Balkan War as a commander of the Fourth Preslav Infantry Division.
Between 22 August 1913 and 1 September 1913, Kliment Boyadzhiev was the Minister of War. During the First World War, he commanded the 1st Army which achieved major successes against the Serbs in the Battles of Morava and the Kosovo.
Boyadzhiev remained in that position until 25 September 1916, when he was replaced by Dimitar Geshov and went to the reserve.
The general was awarded four Bulgarian medals for courage and bravery, as well as one Russian.
After the war, between 1918 and 1923 he emigrated to Germany. He was also an author of a relief map of Bulgaria in 1902. Kliment Boyadzhiev died in Sofia in 1933.